Peter L Herkel

This inventor holds 43 USPTO granted patents and 22 published patent applications and 37 EPO patents, primarily in Elevator Safety Systems. Top assignee: Otis Elevator Company. Active years: 1991-2026.

USPTO Granted Patents = 43 (Patent Applications = 22)

% Patents Active = 86.0

EPO Patents = 37 (Patent Applications = 40)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.4

ph-index = 8

Forward Citations = 273(Granted Patents)

Company Filing History:

43 out of 2,714

Otis Elevator Company

patents

Years Active: 1991-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Elevator Control

Safety Device

Power Profiles

Automatic Rescue

Landing Door Monitoring

Brake Control

Inspection Control

Redundant Safety Bus

Position Measurement

Signal Correlation

Deceleration Time

Multi-State Sensors

43 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12715735 - Setting a rescue time period (2026-08-25),

2. 12703606 - Safety control device (2026-08-11),

3. 12692129 - Elevator systems (2026-07-28),

4. 12654985 - Avoiding entrapment in an elevator (2026-06-16),

5. 12595155 - Elevator systems (2026-04-07),

6. 12559349 - Elevator safety systems with landing door monitoring (2026-02-24),

7. 12012307 - Elevator safety system (2024-06-18),

8. 11993481 - Elevator system (2024-05-28),

9. 11565911 - Electronic test nodes for automatic check of a safety chain (2023-01-31),

10. 11535487 - Elevator safety system (2022-12-27),

11. 11485608 - Elevator safety system (2022-11-01),

12. 11440773 - Automatic rescue operation in an elevator system (2022-09-13),

13. 11414297 - Elevator safety device (2022-08-16),

14. 11014781 - Elevator safety system and method of monitoring an elevator system (2021-05-25),

15. 10947087 - Elevator safety system and method of operating an elevator system (2021-03-16),

Title: The Inventor Profile of Peter L Herkel

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